A war of words has broken out between World Rugby and the Scottish Rugby Union after Murrayfield chief executive Mark Dodson urged the global governing body to see sense and push their win-or-bust showdown with Japan out of Super Typhoon Hagibis' path of destruction.

Dodson made his call as he refused to rule out taking legal action to make sure the climax to Pool A at Yokohama's International Stadium goes ahead.

But that sparked an angry response from World Rugby, who said they were "disappointed" with Dodson's comments after insisting the Scots were happy to sign up to the rules which prohibit pool matches being rescheduled before the tournament.

"What we really need to be talking about is a common-sense approach for what has been and promises to be fantastic tournament, we really need to be thinking what the supporters over here, the Japanese people and rugby supporters want to see happen. And that is what we want to be talking about.

"We are the last game to be played and it's a huge, pivotal game.

"We don't want to criticise World Rugby, they're running a first-class tournament, and I'm convinced they'll do everything they can to get this game played on Sunday, and the weather at the moment looks like it's slightly improving.

"What we're asking for is a common-sense approach that allows this game to be played in perfect safety 24 hours after the storm clears."